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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR61.57
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Reliquary Cross
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1350
Culture
Franco-Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223221

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilded silver and copper, semi-precious stones, enamel
Technique
Gilding
Dimensions
height with base: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[H. S. Wellby, London], sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1961

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
BR61.57
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Unidentified Article], The Art Quarterly (New York, NY, 1961), vol. XXIV, no. 4, p. 238
  • Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), pp. 6,9, cat. no. 4 pp. 46-48, repr. as pl. V
  • "The Etruscan Influence", Index Magazine ([e-journal], September 20, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/the-etruscan-influence, accessed September 20, 2018

Exhibition History

  • Medieval Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, 11/21/1970 - 02/07/1971
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/27/2018 - 02/07/2019

Verification Level

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